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Jean Simmons

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Jean Simmons

Born January 31, 1929 in Crouch Hill, London, England, UKDied January 22, 201074 films

Jean Merilyn Simmons, OBE (January 31, 1929 – January 22, 2010) was an English actress. She appeared predominantly in motion pictures, beginning with films made in Great Britain during and after World War II – she was one of J. Arthur Rank's 'well-spoken young starlets' – followed mainly by Hollywood films from 1950.

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The Big Country posterFirst watchThe Big Country19587.6as Julie MaragonRetired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys…View film

Essential films

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Spartacus poster7.5Spartacus1960Black Narcissus poster7.5Black Narcissus1947Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within poster6.2Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within2001Great Expectations poster7.3Great Expectations1946Hamlet poster7.4Hamlet1948Elmer Gantry poster7.3Elmer Gantry1960The Robe poster6.8The Robe1953Angel Face poster7.1Angel Face1953

Filmography

74 films as actor
  1. 2009Shadows in the SunHannah
  2. 2003Winter SolsticeCountess Lucinda Rhives
  3. 2001Final Fantasy: The Spirits WithinCouncil Member (voice)
  4. 1998Her Own RulesKatherine Stratton
  5. 1995Daisies in DecemberKatherine Palmer
  6. 1995How to Make an American QuiltEm
  7. 1991Miss Marple: They Do It with MirrorsCarrie-Louise Serrocold
  8. 1990People Like UsPeach Prindible Bailey
  9. 1990Laker GirlsConnie Harrison
  10. 1990Sensibility and SenseOlder Elinor
  11. 1988A Friendship in ViennaNarrator (voice)
  12. 1988Going UndercoverMaxine de la Hunt
  13. 1988The DawningAunt Mary
  14. 1988Inherit the WindLucy Brady
  15. 1987Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost LoveLaura Robertson
  16. 1985Midas ValleyMolly Hammond
  17. 1984December FlowerEtta Marsh
  18. 1983Down at the HydroDiedre
  19. 1981A Small KillingMargaret Lawrence
  20. 1981Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls "1981"Helen Lawson
  21. 1981Golden GateJane Kingsley
  22. 1980DominiqueDominique Ballard
  23. 1975Mr. SycamoreEstelle Benbow
  24. 1975The Easter PromiseConstance Payne
  25. 1971Decisions! Decisions!Phoebe Masterson
  26. 1971Say Hello to YesterdayWoman
  27. 1969The Happy EndingMary Wilson
  28. 1968HeidiFrl. Rottenmeier
  29. 1967Rough Night in JerichoMolly Lang
  30. 1967Divorce American StyleNancy Downes
  31. 1967Soldier in LoveSarah Jennings
  32. 1966Mister BuddwingThe Blonde
  33. 1965Life at the TopSusan Lampton
  34. 1963All the Way HomeMary Follet
  35. 1960The Grass Is GreenerHattie Durant
  36. 1960SpartacusVarinia
  37. 1960Elmer GantrySister Sharon Falconer
  38. 1959This Earth Is MineElizabeth Rambeau
  39. 1958Home Before DarkCharlotte Bronn
  40. 1958The Big CountryJulie Maragon
  41. 1957Until They SailBarbara Leslie Forbes
  42. 1957This Could Be the NightAnne Leeds
  43. 1956Hilda CraneHilda Crane Burns
  44. 1955Guys and DollsSarah Brown
  45. 1955Footsteps in the FogLily Watkins
  46. 1954DésiréeDesiree Clary
  47. 1954A Bullet Is WaitingCally Canham
  48. 1954The EgyptianMerit
  49. 1954She Couldn't Say NoCorby Lane (Corby Johnson)
  50. 1953The ActressRuth Gordon Jones
  51. 1953The RobeDiana
  52. 1953Affair with a StrangerCarolyn Parker
  53. 1953Young BessYoung Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)
  54. 1953Angel FaceDiane Tremayne Jessup
  55. 1952Androcles and the LionLavinina
  56. 1950The Clouded YellowSophie Malraux
  57. 1950Cage of GoldJudith
  58. 1950TrioEvie Bishop (segment Sanatorium)
  59. 1950So Long at the FairVicky Barton
  60. 1949Adam and EvelyneEvelyne Wallace
  61. 1949The Blue LagoonEmmeline Foster
  62. 1948HamletOphelia
  63. 1947The Woman in the HallJay Blake
  64. 1947Uncle SilasCaroline Ruthyn
  65. 1947Black NarcissusKanchi
  66. 1947Hungry HillJane Brodrick
  67. 1946Great ExpectationsYoung Estella
  68. 1945Caesar and CleopatraHarpist (uncredited)
  69. 1945The Way to the StarsA Singer
  70. 1945Meet Sexton BlakeEva Watkins
  71. 1945Kiss the Bride GoodbyeMolly Dodd
  72. 1944Mr. EmmanuelSally Cooper
  73. 1944Give Us the MoonHeidi
  74. 1944Sports DayPeggy